FLOWERS OF EVIL

Moroccan law distinguishes 'parentage' (Bounouwa) from 'paternal filiation' (Nasab). The sacred Nasab can only be established for a legitimate child to his father, whereas Bounouwa is established to both parents through their procreation of the child, whether it was legitimate or illegitimate (Art. 142 Moudawana). Nasab is therefore passed through the male via blood and through the female via marriage. This means a legal union is absolutely essential to establish lineage-nasab and it can never be originate from adultery. This is considered one of the greatest sins in Islam.